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6 nov 2011 · William Walton (1902-1983): scene dall'opera Troilus and Cressida (1954); II atto: "Now can I sleep ?" -- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano (Cressida); Richard Lewis, tenore (Troilus) --...
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20 set 2019 · Walton: Scenes from Troilus and Cressida Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Sir William Walton. 20 September 2019. Available as Digital. Featured artists:
Troilus and Cressida is the first of the two operas by William Walton, and was premiered in 1954. The libretto was by Christopher Hassall, his own first opera libretto, based on Geoffrey Chaucer's poem Troilus and Criseyde. Walton dedicated the score to his wife, Susana.
William Walton (1902-1983): scene dall'opera Troilus and Cressida (1954); II atto: "Now close your arms" e interludio "The Storm" -- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s...
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- TheWelleszCompany
Troilus and Cressida: The background. William Walton had begun to think about an opera (with Osbert Sitwell) as early as 1933. By 1941 he was discussing a libretto on the wife-murdering composer Gesualdo with the writer Cecil Gray, before the score for Laurence Olivier’s Henry V intervene.
- Sir William Walton
- Covent Garden Opera
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Magda Laszlo, Richard Lewis
world premiere of Sir William Walton’s first opera, Trodlus and Cressida, which brought out tiaras in the boxes, superlatives in the critiques next morning, and an astonishing ovation from every part of the house when the composer took curtain calls . . . The critics
Troilus and Cressida è la prima delle due opere di William Walton e debuttò nel 1954. Il libretto era di Christopher Hassall, il suo primo libretto d'opera, basato sul poema Troilo e Criseide di Geoffrey Chaucer. Walton dedicò la partitura a sua moglie Susana.
